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The Ragpicker King by Cassandra Clare (Illumicrate Exclusive)

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About the product

The Ragpicker King is the epic, gripping sequel to the Sunday Times bestselling Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare.

His life is an illusion. Her lie is a gamble. Can two outliers save a kingdom?

The royal court is in turmoil following a massacre. Kel, Prince Conor’s body-double, is hunting for traitors. And the notorious Ragpicker King, ruler of the dazzling city of Castellane’s criminal underworld, holds the only clues. But they lead to a dark conspiracy to destroy the royal family – headed by the man due to marry the woman Kel loves.

Lin will be judged after claiming to be the legendary Goddess Reborn and wielder of powerful magic - now her people’s charismatic leader is ready to test her powers. Failure will mean exile, and only further dangerous deception can save her now. As the simmering tension in Castellane reaches fever pitch, Prince Conor demands that Lin heal his father’s madness. But the King is tormented by an ancient magic, and Lin cannot deny its allure – any more than she can deny her growing passion for the prince. Lin and Kel must decide who they can trust. Yet any false move will mean death – or worse . . .

Lose yourself in a vibrant world of power, intrigue and magic in this spellbinding fantasy from the author of the Shadowhunter Chronicles, the international bestselling sensation.

Our Illumicrate Exclusive: The Ragpicker King edition is a Royal hardback and features:

  • An exclusive redesigned cover (by @andrewdavis_designs)
  • Foil embossing on the hardback (by @rosdottir)
  • Digitally printed fore-edge (by @chattynora); block-sprayed top & bottom edges
  • Illustrated endpapers (by @erion.makuo); different front and back
  • Bound-in author letter
  • Digitally signed

Photos by @bookwormgram

‘This is fantasy at its finest’ – Leigh Bardugo, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Hell Bent

'Sword Catcher gave me everything I look for in medieval fantasy' - George R. R. Martin, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Game of Thrones

About the Author

Cassandra Clare was born to American parents in Teheran, Iran and spent much of her childhood travelling the world with her family. After college, Cassie lived in Los Angeles and New York where she worked at various entertainment magazines and even some rather suspect tabloids where she reported on Brad and Angelina’s world travels and Britney Spears’ wardrobe malfunctions. She started working on her YA novel, City of Bones, in 2004, inspired by the urban landscape of Manhattan, her favourite city. She turned to writing fantasy fiction full time in 2006 and hopes never to have to write about Paris Hilton again.

4.9
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
Based on 95 reviews
95 reviews
  • EG
    Empathy g.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    4 minutes ago
    Beautiful book

    Beautiful book, well packaged. Printed edge is stunning. Cant wait for the next book!

  • D
    Dakota
    I recommend this product
    Rated 4 out of 5 stars
    1 week ago
    4 Stars

    Fantastic seriee. Fantastic physical edition of the book. I supoose it goes for all editions, but the maps i expexted more. Grey scsled thrown in. Since you do often come badk lookint for the map, a larger variant would have been lovely.

    I think having the digital edging on all 3 sides versus just the gorgious middle and sprayed blue on the top and bottom would have looked immaculate and cleaner.

    Outside of that, and the fact that I will never be able to afford the 1st book in the series drom the online scalpers to complete the collections look. I jist hope i can get the following editions the same. That or a second printing! That would make this a 5/5.

  • AE
    Andres E. P. M.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    1 week ago
    Perfect sequel

    I love love love this edition and so the series💙

  • KM
    Katie M. K.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 4 out of 5 stars
    1 week ago
    Excited for this one!

    Got this one on sale and it is beautiful! Very excited to continue the series.

  • DN
    Daphne N.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    1 week ago
    Beautiful, must-have for fans of the series

    so pretty in real life and so happy I managed to get my hands on this beautiful edition of my favorite read of 2026.

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